Hank bundling mechanism



Aug. 4, 1931. I w; GQSCH 1,817,618

HANK BUNDLING MECHANISM Filed June 26, 1930 Attorney;

Patented Aug. 4, 1931 WILLIAM H. GOSCH, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA,

HORST COMPANY, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA,

VANIA A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL- HANK BUNDLING MEGHAN ISM Applicationfiled June 26, 1930. Serial No. 463,998.

This invention relates particularly to hank bundling and bandingmechanism such as is set forth in pending application Serial No. 443,235filed April 10, 1930, and consists in the improved band-feed attachmenthereinafter fully described in connection with the accompanying drawingand clearly defined in the subjoined claims.

The drawing is a perspective view indieating my present invention asapplied to the hank bundling and banding device particularly set'forthin said rior application.

The improved means re erred to as heretofore devised and here indicated,for bundling and banding hanks of yarn, comprises a trough 7 into whichthe hanks are conveniently piled, and from which the bundles aredischarged through a tubular end-extension 10 of the trough with propercompacting of the hanks for application of the fastening means. Thespecially adapted bands 11 which are shown as preferably used to secureeach bundle of hanks, are conveniently strung exteriorly upon thedischarge tube 10 and successively moved from the latter onto thedischarging bundles as desired.

I have found that the quickness and facility with which the hanks may bethus bundled and fastened, is much improved by providing special meansas hereinafter described, for supplying the needed bands to the exteriorof the discharge tube as required for repeated applying of them to 5 thedischarging bundles. For this purpose, I employ, as indicated inconnection with the bundling mechanism, a simple integrally formed bandcarrier and feed guide 20, upon which a supply of bands is placedindependently of the bundling operation, and from which these arequickly trans ferred to the bundle-discharging tube by convenientperiodic engagement thereof with the latter: This carrier guidecomprising, as shown, a tubular end portion 21 adapted to be removablyengaged upon the end of the discharge tube; a reduced body portion 22having a tapering connection 23 to said tubular engaging portion 21; anda band-receiving opposite-end portion 24; the latter having an angularband 25 as indicated, over which the bands are conveniently assed, andwhich serves as a satisfactory point of support upon a suitable bracket26 when the carrier guide device is engagingly attached to the dischargetube 10 for easy transfer of a needed supply of bands to the latter.Such transfer is thus effected in a few moments, and the attachment thenreadily thrown out of engaging position for reuse with any requiredreplenishment of its store of bands. The preferred form of my improveddevice which is thus specifically set forth may obviously be modifiedwithout departing from the invention as defined in the claims.

What I claim is:

1. In combination with a hank-bundling trough having a discharge tube atone end thereof; a fastening band carrier guide attachment comprising atubular end portion engageable upon said discharge tube and a projectingband-carrying portion forming in connection with said engaged endportion an exterior slide way to the discharge tube. V

2. In combination with a hank-bundling trough having a discharge tube atone end thereof; a fastening band carrier guide attachment comprising atubular end portion engageable upon sai discharge tube and a reducedband-carrying body portion taperingly connected to said end portion toform an exterior band-slide-way to said discharge tube.

3. In combination with a hank-bundling trough having a discharge tube atone end thereof; a fastening-band carrier guide attachment comprising atubular end portion engageable upon said discharge tube, a band-ASSIGNOR TO THE NOLDE AND carrying body portion, and an angularbandreceiving end portion.

4. In combination With a hank-bundling trough having a discharge tube atone end thereof; a fastening band carrier guide attachment comprising atubular end portion engageable upon said discharge tube and aband-carrying body portion having an angular receiving end; and asupporting bracket for said receiving end.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM H. GOSCH.

